- 51-01-28-a039429
- Item
- 1955 or 1956
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Bear, wolf, and frog totem pole, Anthony Island
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a totem pole on Anthony Island, Haida Gwaii. This appears to be a pole now housed at the Museum of Anthropology (museum item #A50018). This museum item is described as follows: "Base section of a wooden pole, crescent-shaped in cross section and carved in shallow and deep relief. From the top down: a large seated bear with a small wolf between and in its ears and a downward facing frog emerging from the bear’s mouth. In between its arms and legs is a downward facing wolf... Stood outside at the center of the Mountain House, which belonged to the lineage of 'Those Born in the Southern Part of the Islands' of the Eagle Moiety of the Kunghit Haida. Stood near the centre of the village facing the beach along a small bay on the east side of Anthony Island. Island and village also called Skunggwai, or Red Cod Island."
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a section of a totem pole, possibly a pole carved by Robert Davison for display in Montreal.
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of a section of a totem pole, possibly a pole carved by Robert Davison for display in Montreal.
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Image of Doug Cranmer and another person (likely Roy Hanuse) carving a totem pole at the University of British Columbia.
Doug Cranmer, Roy Hanuse, UBC 1973
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Image of Doug Cranmer and Roy Hanuse carving two totem poles at the University of British Columbia.
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Ninstints,1957, poles on shoreline
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Ninstints,1957, figure on totem pole
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Ninstints (?), totem pole or house post
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Old totem poles in grass [Haida Gwaii?]
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Pole of Skim-sim and Will-a-daugh. Massive carving in Gitanyow.
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Totem pole in Kitwancool / Gitanyow outside the house of Wii Xá, a chief of the Lax Gibuu clan of the Gitanyow. Features a carved bird on top, two other larger figures below, and two rows with bands of much smaller carved figures. Known as the pole of Skim-sim and Will-a-daugh. Pole is now at MOA - object ID: A50019.
River's Inlet (U'bis), Walkus Pole, May 55
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Hope Island, Humchitt posts rear
Parte deHarry B. Hawthorn fonds
Image of two old house posts on Hope Island, BC. The post on the right appears to be the same as a post now housed at the Museum of Anthropology, that was collected from Hope Island in 1956. Both posts feature a human figure with large eyes. On one post, the figure is holding a small face near its waist. On the other post, the figure is holding what appears to be an animal of some kind. The Museum of Anthropology's website provides the following description of the posts: "The posts of the unfinished house of Ha'm'cit were carved by a man from Smith Inlet called Si.wit who moved to Xu'mtaspi and married Tom Omhyid's mother. Ha'm'cit died before the house was finished. (Information provided to Prof. Wilson Duff by Mungo Martin). The artist's potlatch name was P'aczsmaxw. Wayne Suttles places the Xu'mtaspi village as Nahwitti, in historic times, however it was occupied jointly by the Nahwitti, the Yalhinuxw, and the Noqemqilisala (of Hanson Lagoon)."